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  • EDITORIAL: Back to the budget process

       The property taxpayers have spoken. Despite warnings of having to pay for trash pickup, layoffs and the elimination of the Recreation Department, they don’t want to pay more taxes.    By a more than 2-to-1 margin, they voted on Tuesday to overwhelmingly reject an additional 9 cents on the municipal tax rate.    In a much larger…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, week of April 19

       On Tuesday, April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Dr. Karen Zumbrunn Jazz Trio will present a free concert in the library. The public is invited. Light refreshments will be served.    This program is made possible, in part, by funds from the N.J. State Council on the Arts and is administered by the Somerset…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Comedy show raises $2,200 for campers

    HILLSBOROUGH: Comedy show raises $2,200 for campers

       On Saturday, March 24, the Optimist Club hosted its third annual Comedy Night at St. Joseph’s Church in MillStone.    It was a huge success.    Each year, Optimist Club members Mary Glynn, Maryjo Eckhard, Brianna Eckhard, Stephanie Mooney and Marie Grimes, all from Hillsborough, organize a Comedy Night to raise money for Camp Quality in Blairstown.…

  • Festival FreeB Service On Communiversity Day (4/28)

    By Joan – Greater Mercer TMA The Princeton FreeB daytime service will be providing festival attendees with easier access to the Communiversity Day celebration in downtown Princeton on Saturday, April 28th, 2012.  The route and schedule has been modified for the day to provide increased service and a park and ride option at the Princeton…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students share news of college accomplishments
  • MANVILLE: ‘Li’l Abner’ comes to Christ the King School stage

    MANVILLE: ‘Li’l Abner’ comes to Christ the King School stage

    Danny Shubiak stars in Li’l Abner” in Christ the King School Players Drama Club presentation of “Li’l Abner” tonight and Saturday night. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • PLUMSTED: School district gets state grant for security upgrade

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED — Plumsted Township public schools have been awarded a $281,600 grant from the state Schools Development Authority for security upgrades at all four public schools as well as improvements to the high school auditorium.    The security system project includes a new districtwide phone system and the installation of security…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Mobile home park has new buyer; legal uproar ensues

    Purchaser and town at odds over affordable housing By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — A Maryland company has signed a contract to purchase Mercer Mobile Homes on Route 130, but the township attorney told the Township Council last week that the prospective buyer “may not be a good fit” for residents.    The park’s fate…

  • LAWRENCE: 9-cent tax hike rejected

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum request for a 9-cent increase to the proposed 2012 municipal property tax rate by a 2-to-1 margin Tuesday.    The referendum, which was needed to allow township officials to exceed the state-imposed 2-percent cap on the municipal property tax levy, was shot down by…